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Cortex Forth

tms 9995,
Unfortunately I don't have access to an Eprom programmer and would need some help to get a new ROM copy.
I followed Nige the hippy's advice and included my location on this reply

Nige the hippy,
If I manage to get hold of a replacement 2564 or a 2764 (if you could supply me with the details of the 2764 adaptor), would I be able to post all the eproms to you so you could make a copy of the figForth Eproms and maybe re-load the original Cortex rom for me - If it's not too much of a hassle.

Ksarul,
Thanks for the ebay link for the 2564's, I'll take a look.

I should be able to scan the Forth User manual myself and e-mail the info.
I notice that the Cortex Forth documentation and Eproms were supplied by Lombard Systems of 18 Lombard Street, Lidlington, Bedford.
At the back of the manual, it states that the glossary supplied, has been taken from public domain publications.
I'm not sure if there are any copyright issues for a user manual dating back to the 1980's or how we would trace them if it was an issue.

Cortex Forth

At ...

<http://www.forth.org/fig-forth/contents.html>

... there's the source code for a FIG-Forth implementation for the TMS 9900. The Cortex Forth might possibly be a copy of this, with the Cortex-specific keyboard input / screen output routines. There is loads of Forth documentation elsewhere on that site.

AndyP, if you can get the manual scanned, I can put it up with the other documents on WHTech. If we ever get questions about documents posted there, we remove them immediately. Most of the companies involved are so long-gone that there is no trace of them anymore--but we always respect their wishes when made known.